VOYAGING INTO GOD'S GOODNESS

No evil ever came from [God’s] hands. . .  Let this truth be fixed in our hearts . . .

Richard K. Murray

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"Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a

man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed

tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought

forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said

unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

He said unto them, An enemy hath done this." Matt. 13:24-28 

"No evil ever came from [God’s] hands. . . . Let this truth be fixed in our hearts . . . whenever

we are troubled with the thorn or the thistle, with the poisonous or useless weed, with the

noxious beast . . . or with any of the other countless inconveniences and pains of our present

condition; whenever we feel ready to faint by reason of fighting without and fears within,

let us remember that God made all things good, and avoiding hard thoughts of Him, say, An

enemy hath done this."  G. H. Pember

"O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him."   Ps. 34:8

This teaching will enable you to taste the Lord’s goodness in a new and wonderful way. If you will

stay on board this voyage into God’s goodness until it ends, you will see clearly in your mind’s eye

what all of us know deep down in our spirits.

First, God does no evil. He does not afflict men with sickness, natural disaster, oppression, poverty

or destruction. Nor does God allow evil in any active or direct sense. God is only light, love and

abundant life. Second, all afflictions (sickness, disaster, oppression, poverty and death) come from

man’s sowing and reaping and\or Satan’s demonic destructions - - no exceptions. Third, Jesus

came to elevate our Old Testament view of God as a stern judge into the New Testament view of

God as a loving Abba-Father. Fourth, we are responsible as the body of Christ to minister the

Gospel (the good news of a good God) to a fallen world.

THE GOODNESS OF GOD

"O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him.!" -Psalms 34:8